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J. v. ROBINSON AUTOMATIC TRAIN PIPE CONNECTOR June 26, 1923.

Original Filed April 7, i914 l Reiuued June-1 923.

m: a-citizenof the United States,and resident oiiNew York city, New York County, New 5 York State, have. inventedcertain new and f Wulflmprovements in Automatic Trail; Pipe Connectors, of which the following is jeans 'cationl y is i 'vent'on -pipe connectors; and has for its object the provision of a connector designed and con 1- structedtopennit-the removal of a defective ie vgasket from the face of the connectorfl'head dis coupled to anothercar and the actor head mated with a second connpling ofthe cans or the separation of thezcouphngheads 0 nvention will be fully disclosed in cgnnee ion" with gthe accompanying draw- -in whichz; w.

is a side elevation of my imedconnector, part being broken away; IN" a I 'I v -;Eigure2 is ahorizontallongitudinal seer pna'l'view thereof. a

I A couplinghe'ad-A is provided with guid- 80 ing prongs 10 for aligning the mating heads iii coupling and may hes'up rted in any Il -known manner which a, we the head k of movement for coupling'pur; which the matingaheads are d, together when ,lIl coupled A- satisfactory form of 'supportis tedand described in; my Patent No;

" ear ti 1 i v awaiting of tha present-a plicatiomthe 5 eralml]; and'12 indicate t a spring and respectively of such a support. i The. e A is provided with an leper j t-ward end-Moi a rearwardly 4i lnfiiaterally diverging hollow curved ,flti itaseniarged'en the conduit-carries a lo oftafi suitable shape and of any m t r p ef w y o "r be u 1' a V ftace of the gasket projecting slightly in sdnueenetethe of the connector head and thefenlergediend ofpthe conduit terminigfing suhstantiauy flush with the front or Auroumnc mum-urn commerce. H Wmpplicaflon fled April 1, 1914, Serial No. 1530,28; Renewed August 3,

relates automatic whea the car] to. which the connector is to? without necessitating the an "thaiolloWihg, description when taken in I connector heads, the pin 21 is extracted an ted; November 6,1917, and, in

' W"whieh-rece1veswith aclose iitthli:v

stream L'ng a fiuidto thehead;

pin 21 The faces of the boss fit closely Re, 15,6391 PATENT iaomn'ir asmgoeb 951 p it, i

1911, serial no, new.

flrilinjl 10.1,8110352, dated April 15, 1919. Applieation for reissue filed Kay 14,;1990. Serial .I -saam'. I v l Toma whomit concern: @u na face of the head. Therear end a :Be -known that I, .JosErn V.R0BINsoNE, of the ttin Bis connected at 17 tqthe.

against the inner walls of the hollowshank 19 sothat there is no rattling of the parts due to their relative movementin service,

resulting in wear and inaccuracy. The pin 21 is passed through a hole 22in the upper Wallofthe hollow shank 19 downthrough v the boss 21 on the fitting and thjrou h 1a,-

hole 23 in the lower wall of; the shan 19,

the pin being locked in position thereinby a cotter pin 24, asvshown, In thismanner the fitting'13 is firmly held in the, service position.

To remove. fitting from the head A and renew a defective gasket'without un-- coupling the cars or separatingthe coupleg the fitting shiftedrearwardly in the shank 19 u ntil1ts enlarged end 14 is disengaged from the aperture 15 of'the connector head,

whereupon it may be, readily withdrawn a new gasketinserted. I i

"The extremity of the pin21- 1s tapered as at25. and the pin acts as a w driven into position forcing the fitting, 13

and compressing thernew gasket by forcing it, against the correspondin gasket h p mating head, v "a rangment of parts may be made.

i s'new and desired'tgb fsemlmd y g lsPatentis; v H w In an automatic train connector: the combination of a couplingheadprovl d with a. face-and having an a rture there in, a'suitable supportjor sai 'head linclud:

Havi "thus described the nvention "that a irom the shank, the gasket ifirenioved and edge as it is forwardginthe shank 19 and aperture 15 ing a hollow-shank extending reartvardly from the head, 'a'conduit in sa1d'fshank and 1 a rture for directing, a fluid to the head p6 curved 1aterally'..of

conduit bein head out of said s ank,,a fiexlhle; pipe con; nected tosaicliconduit, and n eansor main--v taining the conduit in said shank and aperu fanngmit ng e gv-f 'b a fr m while a-hea is-codpled up inserviee'.

2. In an automatic train pipe connector, the combination of a connegtorhead haying an aperture through its face and an opening through aside wall, a 'ccnduitextending. through said opening and into said apertfiitfind "haviiig sfigpbrtfifl'in saidaperture by said conduit, an l device, e aging said boss on the conduit and exten ing through a side of that ortxigin of said head'into which the conduit i-r"-'Z;r v 3."-In' an automatic train pipe connector, the combination of ac'bhnector head" having an aperture through its face and havingalso a sh 'a conduit one end ofwhich ektends' ifitwf'id aperturehnd supports a gasket; findia 'p'in extending thro igwalined 'aper' i formed'in said shank and said conduitffthe' pi'nfierving to hold thefconduit (:E'tlfe conduit to compress said gasket when 'P'llcirigjsaid conduit in the aperture after therefrom; p i in automaticctrain" pipeconnector, a' colipling Head"having a coupling face, a who, a Shank exten dingj rearwardlj from Said head past said tube, said tube being re movably arranged in said shank and termi: hating stagnan endadjac'ent the couxif head, a gasket supported by hfgront end of aid'tube', said tube being o rvdietersnxp thehead, and m flns for maintaining said tube and ,gasketiin said a permitting removal *themof 1 theshank hile said coupling head is pled up ins ervice.

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the combination of a coupling head provided with tuft"opening; agasket resting normally Within; I o 'ning, a shank extending thehead and serving to supprtt liced, a tube in said shank for diregting a fluid, to "the head gasket, {H said tube being curved laterallyof the head 4 and-having at its forward end a seat against 1, lg h the .rea'r 'viace' of said 5 gasket rests, I; .80 Q

"remova le dewcesu pQrtedQhy said a at l sweatera no for, iiq a ggr ai r theotube frontthe "f; shank while said head-is coupled up in 1 9, J9 ,ei fdc i e h i g L-P rt shap to fsaid tubeforwa rdly in said shank. 62 nflim' au tpi natic train'p ipe connectortit nhha mat a coup n had having 81!; te asl mt a a he d. as m tr mara z y x gnj ip i nt sa lijj or dimc ga a 1n ta 's gi h d 19' itsgothejr. ncflflmountedc u' and s has c nn c d t a mi P ii ah ai sket mounted on the first r n,en-' tio Q oftlfeconduit,a shank extending" idi an v rs y ther said tube in saidshank an athereon', a gasket ifl' position' and to exert hedging action In an automatidtrain pipe .connecto r from the rear side of said head rearwardly towapdsgsaid support and'gast said conduit,

'- and means for detachably securing the conduit to said shank, whereby said conduit and saidngasketmay be removed from said aperture while said head is coupled up in serviceand without first disconnecting said train pipe from said conduit.

7. In an automatic train pipe connector, the combination of a couplin head"pro- 'vided with an aperture, a suitable support for said head including a shank extending rearwardly of said aperture on an axis coincident to the longitudinal axis of the aperture, a conduit mounted in said shank and aperture and removable therefrom while said head is coupled to a mating head, a

seat in said shank for said conduit, and

means for remavably securing said conduit on sand seat and in said aperture and said shank,"sa1d'means comprislng a device arranged on one side of said conduit and exten m transversely thereof and engaging the conduit and an adjacent wall of said shank l i 8. In an automatietrain pipe connector i the combination of a coupling head provide with an aperture and having asuitablesu port including a shank extending rearward of said aperture, a conduit mounted'in "said aperture and supporting'a' gasket therein; said conduit and gasket being removable rearwardly therefrom while said head, is-

coupled to a "mating head,"a boss onsaid conduit havin an opening therein, andja device extending through the openi in said" boss transversely of the longitu i'n'a'l I axis of said conduit and engaging a wali'o'f said'shank whereb said-conduit is'held'in said aperture, an means fOnmaintainingZ said device intheservice -'position in said shank. M

9. In an automatic train pipe connector, theombination ofa coupling head having a con ling'fa'ce and'also having an aperttfl e, Said head b'eing provided with a-rearwardly extending hollow portion or shank' a ja v cent saidap'erture, said rearwardly extend ing portion or shank of the head havi la seat adapted to receive aspring, a'con uit mounted "in said'aperture-and hollow poi tion or 'shank of the head and reinov bl therefrom while said head is coupled to a mating head. means fOIi vifl'c' uring'said conduit 'in position, a gasket arrangedwith'in said apertureand adjacent the front 'endof said conduit with its face projectingbeyon'd the coupling face of -the head,'and aspring re ting on said seat and serving to support said head and place said gasket under firessilr'ewhen said head is coupled to'a mating T0. In an automatic train pipe connector, the'combination of a coupling head having acoupling faceand also having an aperture extending therethrough, a hollow shank secured. to said head an extending rearwardly of the same inline with said aperture, said shank having a seat for receiving a spring, ,a conduit arrangedjin said aperture and ex tending into said shank and removable therefi-am vwhen said head is coupled to a mating head, means for securing the conduit in position, a gasket associated with thefront end of said conduit and normally projecting beyond the coupling face of the head, and a 'spzing mounted on said seat and serving to said -'head,-said conduit havin one'end exp ce said gasket under pressure'when said ead is coupledtoa mating head.

11. In an automatic train pipeconnector,

the combination of acoupling head having an aperture, a conduit for directing a fluidto tending into said aperture an terminating substantially flush withthe coupling face of theu head and having at said end a seat to a receive a gasket, the other end of said conand for duit being directly connectedv to. a flexible l train pipe, a gasket mounted in saidseat, and non-screw means for remova'bly hold-. ing said conduit in position in said aperture rmitting its removal therefrom while sai (head is coupled up in service.

12,111 an automatic train pipev connector, the combination of a coupling head having-a coupling face and an a rture therein, a

hollow fluid ti ht'latera y diverging con-- duit one end 0 p which extends through" said aperture and substantially flush wlth the eoniuit in position in said aperture with sai permitting removal and replacement of'the ket in said abutting relation and for conduit and gasket with respect to aperture while said head is coupledup insservof the conduit. n

13. In an automatic train pipe connector,

ice, saidmeans being movable transversely the combination of a coupling head havin a 'face and an aperture therein, spaced wa ls extending rearwardly from 'the head and provided each with an opening, a fluid conduit having its 'rear end. provided with means for receiving a train pi e and having its front end positioned in sai a erture and between said spaced walls,-a gas et seat cut in the front end of saidconduit, a gasket in said seat, said'conduit and gasket "being removable from said a rture while said couplin head is coupl up in service, and

manna y operated non-screw means in the openings in said spaced walls to lock said conduit insaid aperture with said gasket disposed in substantially the plane of thecouplingface of said head.

14. In an automatic train pipe connector, the combination of a coupling head having an aperture, said head being provided adjacent said a erture' with ,rearwardly extending space walls forming a shank which shank is provided on its rear side with a seat ada ted to receive a compression spring,'a con uit positioned between said spaced walls and having a portion, which extends into said aperture, said conduit being adapted to be moved longitudinally in the aperture, means for securing the conduit in osition, a gasket mounted in the front end conduit with its front face projecting beyond the coupling face of the head, and a spring restin a mating head.

Si ed a New York, N. Y., this 5th at of LE] Y Y y JOSEPH v; ROBINSON.

ofithe on said seat and serving to p support said sad, and lace said gasket under pressure when said eadis coupled with 

